The only reading I've been able to stick with these past few weeks has been my morning sessions with Gilbert's Big Magic.
I give myself ten to fifteen minutes to read in the morning. The layout of Big Magic is perfect for this amount of time, with mini-chapters of two to four pages that are easily digested as I drink my morning coffee and wake up my brain.
I'm about halfway through the book, and the content is broadening from a focus on creativity to an outlook on "creative living". The passage I read this morning was particularly relevant to all professions, with its message on living with the downsides of a profession if you really love the pursuit of it. That is so true of the calling to be an educator; we all have parts of the job we aren't particularly fond of, but we have our reasons to keep at it. My passion is literacy for life, and the library is a great place to practice and promote that passion.
It's Monday, and I'm plodding along with my daily morning reading. Do you have a dedicated time to read each day? If not, is there a time you can carve out to read on a regular basis?
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